Flying Machine

That's all I needed to know. Just another bl**dy thing to go wrong anyway I guess..

Hi All Going to look at what appears to be a nice Jap import very soon, but it doesn't have cruise control fitted. It's a '91 manual TT. Was this standard on these cars? If not, is it a major job to retro-fit it? Probably won't bother anyway, but I was more interested in whether it should be there and isn't for some reason... Thanks

So, today I saw a Jap import, '90, (apparently) genuine 36,000miles, looks pretty original and not tarted up (straight off the ship it seems, only 2 weeks in uk..) Spotless under the bonnet. Only mods were an HKS exhaust, HKS turbo timer, Blitz atmo dump valves and a boost gauge that reads just under 7psi on boost (so standard boost I guess...) Oh, and a momo wheel so the cruise control isn't there... £5900 How's that sound? Going rate? Good for the mileage? Also did all the models have cruise? If I want to refit it is it just a case of finding a second hand wheel and connecting a few wires up that are sitting in the wheel boss? Thanks for the continuing advice... Cheers

Hi All Thanks for all the help so far, the first car I saw today was a tatty part-ex with way too much work needed so never bothered doing all the diag's and cross checking manufacture dates etc. It looked straight enough, just rough as a badger's a**e! So tomorrow I'll see another import, 2 months in uk, but apparently bought from a dealership in Japan hence no auction papers to double check. Is there any way of checking the origin of importation ie Japan not Dubai free trade zone (!) - what do you suggest? Ringing the dealership if they've got the number (which he should have I guess)? I suppose an HPI check wouldn't be much of a guarantee for a car that's so new to the uk. Of course I'll check all the other bits, chassis plates, serial no's, and do all the diagnostics if he'll let me... Cheers

That's a good start, thanks a lot. I'll try and get a digital piture of the plate, and I've printed out the import dating guide. The newest car is from a regular 300zx importer in South London, who says he has 5 to choose from, so if I'm in any doubt I'm sure there'll be more. I'm not in any rush, I'll wait to get a good'un. Thanks again chaps!

That's a good start, thanks a lot. I'll try and get a digital piture of the plate, and I've printed out the import dating guide. The newest car is from a regular 300zx importer in South London, who says he has 5 to choose from, so if I'm in any doubt I'm sure there'll be more. I'm not in any rush, I'll wait to get a good'un. Thanks again chaps!

Hi guys! I am going to look at a couple of 300zx TT's tomorrow, both imports. One has only been here for 2 months, both have about 45000 miles. I've done some digging around on various websites about spec differences, I've seen some stuff about different HICAS on Jap and Euro cars, different rim sizes, also the usual cruise control and speed limiter / speedo differences. What do I need to look for on an import? (especially the 2 month old car...) Will I need to spend a ruck of money on ecu mods for different fuel, plugs, speedo? Also, is there a way to safely check the origin of a recent import? I am a bit concerned about scare stories of imports via Dubai that were mostly knicked, but I REALLY want to own a ZX, and so many of the UK cars seem to be around the 100k mileage mark. I'd appreciate any pointers, I've already got that November Japanese Performance issue on it's way to me, but it won't be here by tomorrow! Thanks!